For all of us who were "naughty" over easter...

I also blew out the calorie count this past week..by how much, i have no idea, as i didn't keep track...the job would have been too time consuming.

 It was my birthday a few days before easter so the family took me to Indian for lunch on Wednesday. Thursday, it was chocolate coated almonds for breakfast, dinner was fish and chips.  On Friday, we had a family BBQ.On Saturday, my cousin took me to a buffet breakfast at a classy hotel, so I let loose. After breakfast, I caught up with a friend, we had a few rum and cokes, then she took me to the movies, where we shared a large tub of popcorn, then went out for pasta and pizza for dinner. Then there was the chocolate!!  The scales moved up 7 pounds.  And for the 1st time, I don't care!!!!!!!!!!

I did the crime, I enjoyed every minute of it, and accept the price I paid. The yummy food, the social interaction with friends and family and joy that it brought me was worth every calorie/pound. Now that this lovely moment is over, I will slip quietly back into healthy mode. No remorse, no feeling like a weakling or a  failure.

We have a bit of time out from "being good" every now and then . So what. If we are going to be naughty every now and then, we may as well enjoy it, not beat ourselves up about it for days afterwards and feel miserable. Just get back on track when you are ready and continue the journey. It's a life long effort, and there are going to be times along the path that we trip up a little...does anyone really want to live a life of "being good" every single day?? Of course, we do need to limit our "time outs", which surely is all the more reason to enjoy them when we occassionally allow ourselves one.

There are bigger things in life than having a moment of weakness and putting on a few pounds. A few pounds can be removed in a few weeks with a little effort. Many other problems can't be. Get over it, or get some willpower.

Before anyone jumps on my back, I am not a thin, fit , health nut who doesn't "get" big people or emotional eaters, because I am both. I am learning to ease up on myself. Perhaps this will help others to do the same for themselves?

amen.

I agree I didnt count Easter I figured how often do I get to enjoy a home cooked turkey diner with all the good stuff so I ate it and enjoyed it and I dont regret it at all either my scale moved up a tiny bit and I know it will be gone in no time. All in all an awsome meal.

Realize I am a healthy weight already (5'5.5", 145lbs, 24, medium frame) when I say this but:

I feel like for my life, there is a fine line that divides indulgence with being good when it comes to food.

I want to be healthy to my body and look good too, of course- but for instance: my dad and i go out once every 3-4 weeks on a Tues night to this dive bar for cheap beer and wings. we split a pitcher of light beer (sometimes another bottle too) and I eat probably 10 wings with veg and blue cheese. I dont feel bad about it ever, cuz thats amazing time I get to spend with my father who wont be around forever.

Yeah, I didn't count this past weekend either. It was my boyfriend's birthday, plus Easter, plus friends visiting for out of town. I decided not to count and just enjoy myself! I'm planning on drinking plenty of water this week and doing my normal workouts and that should get me back on track

Original Post by chelslaw1984:

Realize I am a healthy weight already (5'5.5", 145lbs, 24, medium frame) when I say this but:

I feel like for my life, there is a fine line that divides indulgence with being good when it comes to food.

I want to be healthy to my body and look good too, of course- but for instance: my dad and i go out once every 3-4 weeks on a Tues night to this dive bar for cheap beer and wings. we split a pitcher of light beer (sometimes another bottle too) and I eat probably 10 wings with veg and blue cheese. I dont feel bad about it ever, cuz thats amazing time I get to spend with my father who wont be around forever.

That's because you are 24! I used to be able to do that too! Now that I am almost 50 my metabolism has slowed down and I have to be much more careful. I actually finally decided to completely give up wings! I used to have them 3-4 times a year and I haven't had them in over a year because it is just too hard for me.  

Word.   My scale moved up several pounds and I am really not bothered by it.  I know it will start moving right back down after a few days.  I had a great time with my family eating and drinking and being merry.  Why would I want to give that up?

I totally agree with this.

I used to beat myself up whenever I ate badly and the scales moved up. But then about a week ago I realised that, what's done is done. And I did it consciously, and now I am just going to embrace the fact that yes, i gained some weight, but overall I've still lost a whole lot of weight. And like everyone has said, it'll go back down again once we get back on the routine.

Live a little, life is not all about counting calories :D

I didn't count calories on easter but I just tried to make good choices and not over indulge... I only had one slice of pie, one plate of food and I felt good about my decisions the night before when we went out to dinner.

I hop the scale monday...and I LOST a pound. hahaha Think I might try zigzagging

Original Post by agana:

Word.   My scale moved up several pounds and I am really not bothered by it.  I know it will start moving right back down after a few days.  I had a great time with my family eating and drinking and being merry.  Why would I want to give that up?

Same here!!

Yeah, I could have been better too, but I've decided this time I'm not going to totally deprive myself.  If I do I won't stick with it.  I just have to work harder at the gym.  And honestly it seems to be working for me.  Lost almost 9 pounds in 4 weeks - 3 this last week alone!  And I still eat chips and salsa and drink sweet tea once or twice a week! 

The idea of "I'm not eating that ever again because it's not good for me" is just not something I want to accept.  At almost 40 I realize I just need to make wiser decisions, not eating crap ALL the time.  But the occasional crap is not going to kill me.  

Long live chips and salsa!

Thanks so much for the post! 

I've been on diets on and off since my teens and one thing I've learned is that when I cut out whole food groups--like chocolate or any other kind of sweets--I usually end up bingeing on it and then feeling SO guilty about it the next day which makes me feel even more miserable and makes me eat even more!  So, this time around I'm counting the calories but I'm allowing myself the occassional treat day--and it works so much better!  I'm not sitting at work thinking about the foods I can't have and then craving them all the time.  A treat every once in awhile isn't a bad thing and letting yourself have one day to just do what you want isn't either.  I agree about "being good" every single day too--who wants that?  I don't consider this a diet this time around, but a lifestyle change that I need to incorporate into my life--and if I can't have the fun stuff in my life or a day off every once in awhile, what kind of life would that be? 

Same here!! lol I don't think I've entered anything since friday....shame on me lol

I don't always enter my food either. I find the system gets very slow at times (I have the fastest cable speed available in my area).

It becomes so time consuming that I prefer to write my choice down on a piece of paper.

Anyone else find this system slow??

 Easter Weekend
swansong2009
Apr 14 2009 10:22

Well, move over and let me on this particular bandwagon as well.  I too didn't bother counting calories or even worrying about what I would or would not eat.  In my case, I find that if I deny myself food on a holiday in an effort to "be good", once that holiday has passed I start to get really crabby because I didn't allow myself the pleasure of eating "holiday" food.  So I ate the turkey, walnut stuffing, yam and gravy.  I had the sugar free cherry pie (I'm diabetic) for dessert.  And I enjoyed every single moment.  I didn't feel deprived and now I'm back to eating my cereal for breakfast, raw veggies and WW dinner for lunch, and a small--but nutritious--dinner.  The last time I weighed myself I'd lost 12 pounds.  I didn't even bother to get on the scale to register the "damage"--if there was indeed any to register. 

You all are right.  This is a lifetime journey.  We roll with the punches and then get right back up again.  The fault lies in giving up completely for one day of indulgence and consequently eating everything in sight because "what's the use I'll always be fat!"  That isn't so.  And I'm about to prove that theory wrong.

Have a great day, friends!

I THINK HOLIDAYS SHOULD BE CHEAT TIMES,WE ARE HUMAN AND WE KNOW THAT EATING WHATEVER IS INSTALLED IN OUR BRAINS SINCE CHILDHOOD.MOM USED TO SAY EAT ALL YOUR FOOD AND THIS WE PASS ON TO OUR KIDS,IT IS JUST HUMAN BEHAVIOUR THAT WE ARE USED TO AND RESPECT AT TIMES

Amen! I did the same and share the same mentality as yourself. Am back on track and not feeling guilty about it nor beating myself up!

I'm still misbehaving a little =P

It was my birthday on the 8th and I literally ate WAY too much on that day, and then I ended up going out on Friday & drinking/eating way more than I'd planned, went out for another birthday meal on the Saturday and on Sunday I got 1 Easter Egg and a pack of minieggs... I'd told myself I was going to control my eating on the Monday but then I went and ate the whole pack of minieggs.

I also haven't done my workouts... the only exercise has been from walking, which is just what I do everyday.

I doubt I'll behave myself until all the temptation is out of the house and I can focus on being good again, but I'm not beating myself up about it - this is a lifetime change, we can't be 'good' every holiday, right? We'd never get to enjoy ourselves. We're only human :)

Chips and salsa are actually not that bad for you at all.....salsa has hardly any fat and all the veggies make it pretty healthy, then there is the chips.....if they are tortilla corn baked then their not bad either. When I was following the Firm diet plan that was on my list of things to eat??

-JM

Amen misscharliejoe!